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Normally, I would say He-Man was stronger. However I recently watched the She-Ra episode “Enemy With My Face” again and noticed that Hordak states that “No-one is as strong as She-Ra”!

I assumed Hordak is aware of He-Man and his abilities having faced him in the comics or through keeping tabs on his arch-rival Skeletor so the statement appeared odd.

Then it occurred to me that there might be an explanation and it could be part of Filmation’s hidden canon which we haven’t seen yet. He-Man and She-Ra’s powers are derived from the power within them and is based on willpower as indicated on the She-Ra MOTUC action figure info panel card and recently in DC's He-Man & MOTU comic. Consequently, She-Ra who has done bad things as Adora/Despara in the Horde has a greater motivation and willpower to do good as she is in need of redemption and wishes to correct all of the wrongs she has done. She therefore exhibits more of the Power of Grayskull than He-Man, leading to her being stronger and more powerful. Hence, the reason why Hordak recognizes her preeminence in strength and not He-Man's.

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete”Buckminster Fuller

He-Man is stronger physically. In the episode Horde Prime Takes A Holiday, She-ra asked He-Man "can even you throw that far" and she monologued about He-Man's attempts to keep the Velvet Glove from escaping. Thus implying that He-Man has more physical strength.

He-Man is stronger physically. In the episode Horde Prime Takes A Holiday, She-ra asked He-Man "can even you throw that far" and she monologued about He-Man's attempts to keep the Velvet Glove from escaping. Thus implying that He-Man has more physical strength.

I don’t believe this proves He-Man is stronger. All it shows is that She-Ra appears to believe He-Man is stronger.

It might be the case that She-Ra is being polite to her brother so as not to upset his feelings (my sister does this to me all the time), she is following cultural norms assuming men are generally stronger than women without testing her strength against him to prove it one way or the other, or is truly unaware that her upper strength limits maybe dependent upon her willpower (and might give her greater strength than He-Man). I guess we might not know for certain until it is clearly stated in MOTUC canon.

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete”Buckminster Fuller

I hate to admit it but the Filmation series made it seem like She-ra might be physically stronger.

She-ra lifts things effortlessly, like with one hand and eating a sandwich with the other. He-man seems to always have a hard time, straining himself, crying out "Eeeeeeeeh, eeeeeeh,...." as he lifts, pushes, and pulls things up.

Also, she rescuses him in the "The Price of Freedom" and has to help He-man push the time machine in "Lookie lends a hand". He-man couldn't move it by himself.

He-man is from the 80s, and in the 80s it was all about empowering little girls. If I learned one thing being a little boy in the 80s, it was that girls are smarter, faster, stronger, and just all around better than boys. So She-Ra has got to be stronger. She is also more compassionate and throws He-Man a bone and compliments his strength once and awhile.

He-man is from the 80s, and in the 80s it was all about empowering little girls. If I learned one thing being a little boy in the 80s, it was that girls are smarter, faster, stronger, and just all around better than boys. So She-Ra has got to be stronger. She is also more compassionate and throws He-Man a bone and compliments his strength once and awhile.

Yeah, every time my cousin (who was a little girl in the 80's) told me "anything boys can do, girls can do better" I challenged her to write her name in the snow.

"You can not fight the darkness He-man!"-Shokoti-the Queen of Darkness

He-Man lifted a virtual mountain and physically moved the moon itself. Those two tasks I believe put him at a stronger physical point than She-Ra.

She-Ra has a comparable strength feat in that she kicked a moon out of orbit in “Swifty’s Baby”. Hence without knowing the gravitational forces holding each of the moons in place I don’t believe strength feats from the cartoons demonstrate who is stronger.

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete”Buckminster Fuller

He-man looked weak and pathetic against the Horde in "The Price of Freedom". She-ra would have made quick work of the Horde army. She even had to save He-man's sorry ass in that episode. That's why She-ra might even surpass He-man in physical strength in the Filmation canon.